date:Sep 12, 2013
crutinized more than others as a high risk for Listeria contamination.
But FDA wants all food products found to contain Listeria to be recalled, whether or not there has been an associated case of illness.
Since 1989, FDA has stuck to what amounts to a zero-tolerance policy for any detectable level of Listeria in food. By contrast, the European Union tolerates what it says are safe levels anything less than 100 colony-forming units (CFU) of the bug per gram. It likely takes greater concentrat